This investigation describes ovarian maturation stages in the female reproductive system, evidence for histones in sperm nuclei and novel morphological changes that occur during spermiogenesis in the male blue swimming crab, portunus pelagicus. It also identifies dual functionality of the molt inhibiting hromone on molting and vitellogenesis through RNA inteference
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Submitted to the School of Medicine of the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences, Deakin University
